Uh, and how about a physical locking mechanism inside the machine required to enable any such changes? I mean, there's already a physical lock required to get into the machine to add/remove cash. Why would the maintenance person not have access to that key?
Theoretically, the Communications Act of 1934 cannot override the Constitution. Particularly the 10th Amendment, and Article 1 Section 8's clause allowing federal regulation only of interstate commerce. Unfortunately, Congress passes laws to "define" what is interstate commerce and what is not, despite any actual resemblence to reality.
Isn't solar energy just nuclear energy being radiated at us some 95 million miles away? It seems to me that we should cut out the middle man, and just create our own nuclear energy.
Take a look at EyeTV. It's a pretty decent PVR program. I've got their EyeTV 500 hardware to receive HDTV (ATSC), but I've got an EyeTV Hybrid on order, which will do analog and digital. Add the EyeTV in full-screen mode to Front Row, and you've got a pretty competitive media center. I got rid of my DVD player, stereo, and TV, and replaced them all with a Mac mini with the EyeTV and a RadioShark.
Um, no. That's how we'd expect it to work. We'd expect it to honor the permissions of the device file. But Joerg's SCSI library doesn't use the device file -- it issues SCSI commands directly to the SCSI interface.
Several "fundies" did claim that that's why the hurricane hit New Orleans. (And perhaps even that God had told them such.) However, it was soon discovered that the center of the sinning -- Bourbon Street and the French Quarter -- was spared. Thus, the logical conclusion that should be drawn is that God condones such behaviors. The fundies were of course silent on the issue once their lies and rhetoric had been uncovered.
I think you're on the right track. I think the real reason IT people don't steal other people's lunches is that they are more picky about what they eat than any other group. And I don't mean healthy choices, just that they're more likely to dislike a large variety of foods.
Excellent post, mostly saying what I was going to say.
One nit to pick though. I completely agree with your assertion that immigrants are not a good representation of the population of the country they are leaving. Today, they are usually upper-middle or upper class. But I'm not so sure this translates to harder working. As you pointed out yourself, it's the lower classes that are more prone to be harder working. I think the immigrant classes are more likely to be well-educated, and place a high value on education. But I'm not so sure they're the hardest working, relative to the general population of their country of origin.
Um. I think it's more a case of the Bush administration using those excuses to do what it wants. If you look at most of these things that they are doing, they wanted to do them before 9/11 even happened. They're using them to play unethical games against their opponents, and to increase their own power. It's just that they're better at making it look like there's a valid reason for it.
Since when is 300 acres "massive"? Kennedy Space Center is 219 square miles -- nearly 500 times larger. Granted, most of that land is a wild-life refuge, but the developed area is still around 1500 acres. And that doesn't count the Air Force base where there are some more launch facilities.
I don't have a problem with allowing a CAPS LOCK function. Just don't give it its own key. I mean, how often would you really need to press it? Less than the Backspace or Delete keys, most likely. So throw it up into the PrintScreen/ScrollLock/Pause area if it needs a key of its own. Or do like they did on the NeXT keyboards, and make CTRL+SHIFT put you into CAPS LOCK mode. That's more like a typewriter too -- you had to hold down the SHIFT key and the SHIFT-LOCK key at the same time. And a SHIFT would cause it to turn SHIFT-LOCK mode off.
Yes, but then you'd have to hit the CTRL key in Emacs just as often. Which is probably why Sun keyboards put the CTRL key there, and many UNIX gurus remap their keyboard that way.
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they make me use Lotus Freaking Notes at work, but whatever it looks like nowadays, it has to at least be better than the latter.
Duh! I've seen dog shit that looks better than Lotus Notes. Easier to use too.
Because there is zero benefit to them in doing so.
Uh, there's a substantial benefit to them doing so -- a huge cost savings in their Windows development costs.
Streaming video with DVD-like controls, on-screen menus of preset channels, and interactive tools to share video playlists are only the beginning.
Oh, you mean like Democracy TV already has?
Uh, and how about a physical locking mechanism inside the machine required to enable any such changes? I mean, there's already a physical lock required to get into the machine to add/remove cash. Why would the maintenance person not have access to that key?
Theoretically, the Communications Act of 1934 cannot override the Constitution. Particularly the 10th Amendment, and Article 1 Section 8's clause allowing federal regulation only of interstate commerce. Unfortunately, Congress passes laws to "define" what is interstate commerce and what is not, despite any actual resemblence to reality.
I assume they mean that it has 12 Mbps download speed. Which is actually 12 Mbps up from the ground to the plane.
I'm not sure that actually gives it away. I mean, it didn't sound like he said it with a comma in there.
#6: Who is number one?
#2: You are number six.
versus
#6: Who is number one?
#2: You are, number six.
This must be some use of the word "respect" with which I am unfamiliar.
Isn't solar energy just nuclear energy being radiated at us some 95 million miles away? It seems to me that we should cut out the middle man, and just create our own nuclear energy.
Take a look at EyeTV. It's a pretty decent PVR program. I've got their EyeTV 500 hardware to receive HDTV (ATSC), but I've got an EyeTV Hybrid on order, which will do analog and digital. Add the EyeTV in full-screen mode to Front Row, and you've got a pretty competitive media center. I got rid of my DVD player, stereo, and TV, and replaced them all with a Mac mini with the EyeTV and a RadioShark.
Um, no. That's how we'd expect it to work. We'd expect it to honor the permissions of the device file. But Joerg's SCSI library doesn't use the device file -- it issues SCSI commands directly to the SCSI interface.
Several "fundies" did claim that that's why the hurricane hit New Orleans. (And perhaps even that God had told them such.) However, it was soon discovered that the center of the sinning -- Bourbon Street and the French Quarter -- was spared. Thus, the logical conclusion that should be drawn is that God condones such behaviors. The fundies were of course silent on the issue once their lies and rhetoric had been uncovered.
He spends 6 paragraphs on the first "page" explaining
It's almost as if the "programmer" was not smart enough to figure out that we might want to read the entire article. Then again, perhaps he was right.
I think you're on the right track. I think the real reason IT people don't steal other people's lunches is that they are more picky about what they eat than any other group. And I don't mean healthy choices, just that they're more likely to dislike a large variety of foods.
Funny, +1
a gigantic crab and fish graveyard
I'd like to know more about these gigantic crab. Are they bigger than king crab? I love to eat crab legs.
What? You mean that it's the graveyard that's gigantic? Damn you, ambiguous English language!
Actually, almost all HDTV (digital ATSC) broadcasts are via UHF. See this AntennaWeb FAQ.
Excellent post, mostly saying what I was going to say.
One nit to pick though. I completely agree with your assertion that immigrants are not a good representation of the population of the country they are leaving. Today, they are usually upper-middle or upper class. But I'm not so sure this translates to harder working. As you pointed out yourself, it's the lower classes that are more prone to be harder working. I think the immigrant classes are more likely to be well-educated, and place a high value on education. But I'm not so sure they're the hardest working, relative to the general population of their country of origin.
Um. I think it's more a case of the Bush administration using those excuses to do what it wants. If you look at most of these things that they are doing, they wanted to do them before 9/11 even happened. They're using them to play unethical games against their opponents, and to increase their own power. It's just that they're better at making it look like there's a valid reason for it.
With purchase of Tibet at regular price.
(As an aside, I was hoping this was an article mentioning my friend's enterprise AJAX platform: TIBET.)
Since when is 300 acres "massive"? Kennedy Space Center is 219 square miles -- nearly 500 times larger. Granted, most of that land is a wild-life refuge, but the developed area is still around 1500 acres. And that doesn't count the Air Force base where there are some more launch facilities.
I'm single. I used the CDs as coasters.
In Windows, you can also set CAPSLOCK to get turned off when you hit SHIFT. But it ain't easy. In XP:
1. Control Panel
2. Regional and Language Options
3. Languages tab
4. Details
5. Key Settings
6. To turn off Caps Lock: Press the SHIFT key
I don't have a problem with allowing a CAPS LOCK function. Just don't give it its own key. I mean, how often would you really need to press it? Less than the Backspace or Delete keys, most likely. So throw it up into the PrintScreen/ScrollLock/Pause area if it needs a key of its own. Or do like they did on the NeXT keyboards, and make CTRL+SHIFT put you into CAPS LOCK mode. That's more like a typewriter too -- you had to hold down the SHIFT key and the SHIFT-LOCK key at the same time. And a SHIFT would cause it to turn SHIFT-LOCK mode off.
Yes, but then you'd have to hit the CTRL key in Emacs just as often. Which is probably why Sun keyboards put the CTRL key there, and many UNIX gurus remap their keyboard that way.